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Incoming ICBA Chairman Derek Williams: Community Banking Light Continues to Burn Bright

Incoming Independent Community Bankers of America Chairman Derek Williams urged community banks attending ICBA LIVE to fuel a legacy of compassion, courage and commitment that attracts and inspires others and illuminates the path forward.
March 16, 2023 | Press Release   Advocacy Community Bank Awareness 

Passwordless Authentication: The Next Ecosystem?

It has been a continuous conversation over the past several years, and one that is gaining further momentum with each reported data breach—when, or should, banks shift to passwordless authentication?
March 16, 2023 | Payments Quarterly   Payments 

How Visa’s Updated Compelling Evidence Rule Impacts Community Banks

Fraud remains a pervasive and growing problem for community banks—with tangible losses. According to a survey from LexisNexis Risk Solutions, every dollar lost to fraud costs U.S. financial services firms $4.23, 16 percent higher than in 2020.
March 16, 2023 | Payments Quarterly   Payments 

Closing The Digital Divide, Opening New Threats

While cash is still considered to be the most secure form of payment by merchants and consumers, there are a litany of options—including checks, credit and debit cards, wire transfers, and ACH payments—and more recently, new and innovative solutions are emerging—further altering the payments ecosystem.
March 16, 2023 | Payments Quarterly   Payments 

Customers as a First Line of Defense

As the payment card industry continues to strengthen its overall fraud posture with the introduction of security features like machine learning fraud detection, chip cards, EMV 3DS (previously termed 3DS 2.0), and one-time passcodes, criminals have resorted to classic techniques such as social engineering to successfully perpetrate account takeover attempts.
March 16, 2023 | Payments Quarterly   Payments 

Preventing Mobile Fraud in Nine Steps

As consumer smart phone adoption has grown over the years, so has the share of online purchases transacted via mobile devices—and with it, incidents of fraud.
March 16, 2023 | Payments Quarterly   Payments 

ICBA’s Romero Rainey: Community Bank-Focused Advocacy, Innovation, Education Will Light the Way

During her keynote speech at ICBA LIVE, Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey today told community bankers that ICBA’s advocacy, education and innovative efforts are driven by community banks' passion to succeed for their customers and communities.
March 15, 2023 | Press Release   Advocacy 

ICBA Commends Federal Reserve for Reviewing Silicon Valley Bank Oversight

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s announcement from the Federal Reserve.
March 14, 2023 | Press Release   Deposit Insurance 

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